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Oregon county sues major gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:51 +0000

Complaint against NW Natural, the state’s biggest provider, marks first time a utility faces climate deception charges

Oregon’s most populous county has sued the state’s biggest gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt, marking the first time a utility has faced charges of climate deception.

How did Hurricane Milton reach category 5 strength so quickly?

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:59:53 +0000

Milton is the third fastest-intensifying storm on record in the Atlantic, as experts warn the climate crisis is fueling more powerful storms

The speed which recent hurricanes have been intensifying in strength is alarming climate experts, officials and residents facing these huge storms. More than a million people have been told to evacuate as Florida braces for the arrival of Hurricane Milton this week on the state’s west coast.

Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:08:39 +0000

Record emissions, temperatures and population mean more scientists are looking into possibility of societal collapse, report says

Many of Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a group of the world’s most senior climate experts have said.

Scientists contest environment minister’s claim of ‘blitzing’ Australia’s ocean reserve expansion goal

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:00:03 +0000

Tanya Plibersek claims Labor is protecting 52% of its ocean territory, but experts say that is ‘misleading’

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Scientists have challenged Tanya Plibersek’s claim that Australia is protecting more than half of its oceans and has “blitzed” a 30% target, arguing industrial longline fishing will still be allowed in some areas the government says it is conserving.

Picnicking on Dartmoor is trespassing, landowner’s lawyers tell court

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:03:54 +0000

Alexander Darwall, owner of Blachford estate in national park, is challenging the right to wild camping

Picnicking on Dartmoor is trespassing, according to the lawyers for a landowner who is challenging the right to wild camping on the moors.

The public should have no right to undertake any activities other than walking or horse riding in the Dartmoor national park without landowner permission, Timothy Morshead KC told a supreme court hearing on Tuesday.

Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:34:07 +0000

Deal for electric zero-emission vehicles worth £500m supports 500 jobs in Northern Ireland and 2,000 more across UK

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Transport group Go-Ahead has announced a £500m investment in up to 1,200 UK-built electric buses from Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus.

Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:09:55 +0000

President to announce in Wisconsin EPA rule aimed at ensuring drinking water is safe for all Americans

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans.

Fewer than 10 of these orchids remain in the wild. Victoria was about to burn them into extinction

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:51:47 +0000

Critically endangered flowers get stay of execution after local environmental group threatens legal action against Victorian government

Environment summit taking place in Sydney while greater glider habitat is logged is ‘bullshit’, advocates say

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:48:05 +0000

Harvesting in Bulga state forest, inland from Port Macquarie, is just 400km from global nature-positive summit the government is hosting

UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:37:13 +0000

Exclusive: Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises and refuse pesticide application

UK ministers are considering allowing the use of a bee-killing pesticide next year despite promising during the election to ban it.

Neonicotinoids are banned in the EU because they are toxic to bees but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021.